We love fall - The pumpkin patch!

Fall is seriously or favorite time of year! It's no longer 100 degrees everyday and we can spend more time outside. It also means apples and pears! Nana's apple trees weren't real productive this year, but we were able to get 20lbs from Azure Standard for a great price! We also got lots of pears from one of E's co-workers.


We always make apple or pear butter, but his year I also made spiced pear applesauce. Crazy good!




Konny especially liked it!


The kids ended up eating most of the apples right out of the box!



The kids were super excited to decorate for Halloween! Gel window clings and foam crafts are so inexpensive and fun, we have them for every holiday!



That night was the pumpkin patch!









And of course, we can't forget the matching skeleton jammies!
It's a tradition!

Seventh Generation Dish Liquid Giveaway {CLOSED}

The power of scent is amazing. It can have positive effects on your mood, reduce stress, and even help you sleep better. But not all scents are created equal. Only essential oils and botanical extracts are used to create the scents in Seventh Generation´s new natural dish liquid, making it free of unnecessary synthetic colors or chemically engineered scents.

Seventh Generation natural dish liquid is available in 4 varieties: Free & Clear, Lavender Floral & Mint, Fresh Citrus & Ginger, and Lemongrass & Clementine Zest scents. All 3 scents are wonderful, but my favorite is the Lavender Floral & Mint, which I actually already use on a regular basis!

Right now you can enter the "Nature Makes Perfect Scents" sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip for two to one of the sourcing sites of the fragrances used in the dish liquid.

{WIN IT}
I am a BIG fan of Seventh Generation, so I did little happy dance when I was offered this review and giveaway! Seventh Generation through MyBlogSpark sent me this awesome prize pack and there is one to giveaway as well!


The prize pack contains:

- (4) bottles of Seventh Generation natural dish liquid varieties in Free & Clear, Lavender Floral & Mint, Fresh Citrus & Ginger, and Lemongrass & Clementine Zest scents
- Premium 3 Qt. 12" x 9" Baking Dish from Le Creuset
- (2) Twist© loofah sponges and (2) Twist© scour pads made from 100% post-recycled materials
- Set of 3 organic cotton dish towels

Mandatory Entry:
Leave a comment letting me know which Seventh Generation natural dish liquid scent you want to try or already use.

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This giveaway will end Thurs, Nov 17th at 10:59 PM CST. A winner will be chosen with random.org and have 48 hrs to respond or a new winner will be selected.

Disclosure: The Seventh Generation Natural Dish Liquid prize pack, product and information have been provided to me free of charge by Seventh Generation through MyBlogSpark. No other type of compensation was received.

General Mills and PinkTogether Prize Pack Winner!

The winner is Ashley!

There will be another giveaway coming soon!

Flashback Friday - Pumpkin Painting

It seems 20 months-ish of age is a fabulously fun time to let your little one paint a pumpkin. It's fun looking back at how each of them handled it differently....

Kelton - October 2005



Katie - October 2009


And this year was Konny's year. He really went to town!



We all had a lot of {messy} fun!

Playdate for the Divas

When Lisa and I had our "playdate" last month, we decided we were overdue to get the girls together. Our little divas have so much fun together and it gives us a chance to hang out too.

The first thing we did was make cake batter rice krispy treats. They were super yummy and super duper easy to make GF. I can't wait to try these in a chocolate version!



Next we made lunch. The girls had spaghetti hot dogs. I'm not sure where this idea came from since we found it on pinterest and there was no link. They loved them!





Lisa and I had avocado chicken salad.


Next we made a fall tree pictures. There's no photos of this occurring because nonwashable paint and gymbo clothes don't mix, so the painting took place topless. LOL


The girls played (and somehow found {and emptied} a tube of carmex) while Lisa and I watched that week's Private Practice.

Then it was time to paint nails!

Finally we loaded up and headed to Marble Slab for ice cream! Yummy!


After we had tummies full of ice cream, we headed home. It was a fun (and apparently exhausting) day!


We can't wait to do it again!

Soccer Star!

Kelton has really seemed to enjoy and excel at soccer the last two springs, so this fall we signed him up to play fall soccer in Derby. It's a commitment, 2 practices a week, a weeknight game and a Saturday game. I'm glad we did it though and so is Kelton. He's already excited to play this spring in Mulvane and I think Katie will be old enough to play as well.




We have been so lucky to always have EXTRA great coaches and this time was no exception. I made this little gift for Kelton to give him since the season is wrapping up. I got the idea off pinterest.

We're Winners!!

Back in August I shared our Banana Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread Recipe that the kids and I had been working on all summer. We entered in the Namaste Foods Kid's Recipe Contest and got 2nd place! Woot! Woot!

The kids were thrilled when their prize box arrived, a case of mixes and a check for $50! We had so much fun participating and thank to Namaste for hosting the contest!